01.06.2016 Old Testament: Gen 16.1–4
To read the Bible in a year, read Genesis 15–17 on January 6, In the year of our Lord 2016
By Don Ruhl
The Lord promised Abram as many descendants as the stars of the night, but several years had passed and Sarai, his wife, became impatient. Therefore, she devised a plan to fulfill the promise, and right away troubles began,
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar. So Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the Lord has restrained me from bearing children. Please, go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai. Then Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan. So he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became despised in her eyes (Genesis 16.1–4).
Then troubles erupted between the sons of these two women. Things just do not work as they should when we do not wait on the Lord.
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I understand where you’re going . . . but you didn’t mention the birth of Sarai’s son. So didn’t you get ahead of the events.
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Yes and no. The focus of this particular devotional was the plan Sarah introduced and in which Abraham participated, namely, becoming impatient with the Lord’s promise and trying to fulfill it themselves, thus producing Ishmael. Then the after thought was that Ishmael and his descendants became a problem later for Isaac and his descendants, all starting from the introduction of Sarah and Abraham’s plan to bring about the promise.
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Abraham acted like Adam. And Yes we do get into trouble.
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Yes, both men should have spoken up.
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